Fast forward five years from now. A troubled student has had a lapse in judgment and has chosen to inflict harm on other students by going on a shooting spree. Fortunately for that Texas campus, another gun toting student is there to stop him using deadly force and save the day. Hollywood has painted a noble, yet very unrealistic scenario; one that would be nothing short of a fairytale if such a serious situation was to occur yet again.
The blogger of "Blue in a Red Sea Makes Purple Waters" feels that it is very much a poor decision by the Texas Legislature. Many Americans feel that they have a right to carry armed protection and in light of many recent tragic events, perhaps rightly so. I don’t feel however that this right should be extended to Universities across Texas and couldn’t agree more with the commentary on this article. Have we really grown so fearful that we have lost our inability for reason? Allowing guns on campus would be nothing short of a revisit to the old fabled Wild West when everyone including grandma carried a firearm. The author is correct in thinking that it should be up to the Campuses and local officials to provide adequate security. We place our trust in the hands of these professionals on a daily basis and at the same time would ask that anyone bearing arms to also step in and risk their life to diffuse a situation.
Such tragedies often happen few and far between. It’s a shame when they do happen, but the worst thing we could do is to allow ourselves to be given a false sense of security. If such a bill were to pass, I would feel no safer at school than today.
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